Nursing Care Concepts in Care of the Psycho-Social Maladaptive Client

Completion of NUR 108 and all courses in the first semester, with minimum grade of C in all courses.

III. Course (Catalog) Description

Course concentrates on the client with
mental disorders. Content includes adapting skills, concepts of caring, and
knowledge of the role of the nurse to meet basic needs related to maintaining
mental health. Taught and implemented in clinical practicum.

IV. Learning Objectives

Upon completion of NUR 105 the student is prepared to1. Practice client advocacy in caring for the client and family with psychosocial maladaptations.2. Utilize the nursing process to provide care for clients experiencing difficulty with psychosocial adaptation.3. Practice therapeutic communication skills in interpreting the communication and behavior of an assigned client and family with problems in psychosocial adaptation.4. Demonstrate accountability in nursing practice.5. Identify ethical principles in clinical situations and case studies related to mental health nursing.6. Respond with a caring and empathetic attitude to clients with psychosocial maladaptations taking into account the needs of the culturally diverse client and family.7. Apply appropriate communication skills with peers, instructor, and health team members recognizing variances in language and culture.8. Relate specific technology and critical thinking skills needed in caring for clients experiencing difficulty with psychosocial adaptation.9. Practice the role of the nurse by designing a nursing case study and teaching plan for the client to meet basic learning needs and psychosocial interventions.10. Relate community mental health resources available to the client and family with psychosocial maladaptations.11. Recognize how the achievement of developmental tasks relates to psychosocial adaptation or maladaptation.12. Participate in service learning experiences.

V. Academic Integrity

Students and employees at Oakton Community College are required to demonstrate academic integrity
and follow Oakton's Code of Academic Conduct. This code prohibits:

• cheating,
• plagiarism (turning in work not written by you, or lacking proper
citation),
• falsification and fabrication (lying or distorting the truth),
• helping others to cheat,
• unauthorized changes on official documents,
• pretending to be someone else or having someone else pretend to
be you,
• making or accepting bribes, special favors, or threats, and
• any other behavior that violates academic integrity.

There are serious consequences to violations of the academic integrity
policy. Oakton's policies and procedures provide students a fair
hearing if a complaint is made against you. If you are found to have violated
the policy, the minimum penalty is failure on the assignment and, a disciplinary
record will be established and kept on file in the office of the Vice
President for Student Affairs for a period of 3 years.
Details of the Code of Academic
Conduct can be found in the Student Handbook.

VI. Sequence of Topics

1. Introduction to Concepts of Mental Health Nursing and Social Adaptation2. Communication and Interaction: Psychosocial Maladaptive Clients3. The Client with Altered Patterns of Social Relatedness4. The Client with Altered Patterns of Thought and Perception, and Mood and Affect5. The Client and Substance Abuse

Clinical: To earn a satisfactory grade the student must complete: 1. Daily process recordings (2 per week due each week). Failure to hand in = U for that clinical day. 2. One case study that utilizes the nursing process and includes a psychiatric nursing assessment, laboratory studies and information about specific drug therapy. 3. Written report on selected observational experience (DUE ONE WEEK BEFORE COMPLETION OF THE CLINICAL EXPERIENCE). 4. Drug assignments as listed in Client Care outline.

XI. Other Course Information

A. Students are expected to attend all scheduled campus nursing classes and clinical practicums. Client Care requirements demand that all students must be on time for clinical experience. Absence from clinical experience will affect a student’s ability to meet course objectives and can result in failure in the course.

B. Class Policy on:Make-Up Exams: Periodic pre-scheduled examinations shall be given throughout the semester. Anyone who misses an exam may be allowed, at the discretion of the instructor, to take the test at a later date.

Incomplete Grades: See College catalog.

Written work is a requirement of the course. Failure to submit completed written assignments constitutes an unsatisfactory grade in the course unless arrangements have been made with the instructor.

If you have a documented learning, psychological, or physical disability you may be entitled to reasonable academic accommodations or services. To request accommodations or services, contact the Access and Disability Resource Center at the Des Plaines or Skokie campus. All students are expected to fulfill essential course requirements. The College will not waive any essential skill or requirement of a course or degree program.

Oakton Community College recognizes the broad diversity of religious beliefs of its constituencies. The College
has embraced a practice of shared responsibility in the event a religious observance interferes with class work or
assignments. Students who inform instructors in advance of an intended absence for a major religious observance
will not be penalized. The instructor will make reasonable accommodations for students, which may include providing
a make up test, altering assignment dates, permitting a student to attend another section of the same course for a
class period or similar remedies. Instructors are not responsible for teaching material again. Instructors should
inform students of this practice at the beginning of the semester so that arrangements can be made accordingly.
Similar consideration is accorded to faculty, staff and administrators and is provided for in their respective contracts.